after fixing about:blank bug

I think I have fixed my IE from the about:blank problem. I
have been getting the OPWARE32 pop-up from Microsoft ...if
the problem persist contact ... I have also gotten
WUCRTUPD one too. Does anyone know what these two programs
do? Is there a quick fix?

I fixed about:blank with CWShredder and Ad-aWare 6.0

OPWARE32 caused an invalid page fault in
module HLPB.DLL at 018f:2ae66adb.
Registers:
EAX=ffffffff CS=018f EIP=2ae66adb EFLGS=00010246
EBX=0063d9b8 SS=0197 ESP=0063d1f0 EBP=0063d9c8
ECX=00000000 DS=0197 ESI=00000064 FS=32e7
EDX=bff76855 ES=0197 EDI=2ae75712 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
ff 76 04 ff 15 14 7e e7 2a ff 75 e0 ff 15 c8 7d
Stack dump:
0063fabc 00000001 00000020 00000064 00000020 00000000
00000000 00000000 8175c051 0063d26c bff73f12 00000068
00000224 00000000 00000000 00000000

WUCRTUPD caused an invalid page fault in
module KERNEL32.DLL at 018f:bff7b9a6.
Registers:
EAX=00000000 CS=018f EIP=bff7b9a6 EFLGS=00000246
EBX=2ae77f54 SS=0197 ESP=01e6fb60 EBP=01e6fb8c
ECX=0048ccc8 DS=0197 ESI=2ae77f54 FS=6027
EDX=01e6fa83 ES=0197 EDI=00fc37d0 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
ff 76 04 e8 13 89 ff ff 5e c2 04 00 56 8b 74 24
Stack dump:
0048ccc8 2ae6838a 2ae77f54 00fc37d0 0048ccc8 00002eec
2ae682f1 00000001 00000000 00000000 00000000 01e6fb9c
1a41d5a2 00cc0004 bff8e0cd 01e6fbe4

Check your system for "hijackware":

Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/Darnit.htm

CoolWebSearch Chronicles
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html

Run these tools in the following order with nothing else running in
background:

1. CWShredder (fix all found)

2. Ad-Aware (fix all found)

3. Spybot (RTFM but generally fix everything in red)

Important: You *must* seek updates for Ad-Aware, Spybot, etc., before each
and every use, even "right out of the box". But even they can't catch
everything, 24/7. When all else fails, HijackThis
(http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/HijackThis.exe) is the preferred
tool to use. It will help you to both identify and remove any
hijackware/spyware. **Post your files to http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30 for expert analysis, not here.**

[Alternate download pages for many of the above tools may be found at
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.]

Also:

1. Download and run Stinger (http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/); then...

2. Update your virus definitions, enable Show Hidden Files
(http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...02092715262339)
and then run a full system scan in Safe Mode
(http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...01052409420406)
with nothing else running in background.

WinXP Only (WinME similar): If this scan finds anything, create a new
Restore Point then Disk Cleanup More options Delete all but the most
recent Restore Point.

So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
http://boards.cexx.org/viewtopic.php?t=957

--
HTH - Please Reply to This Thread

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

AumHa Forums
http://forum.aumha.org

What You Should Know About Spyware
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/twc/...y/spyware.mspx

joeyo wrote:
I think I have fixed my IE from the about:blank problem. I
have been getting the OPWARE32 pop-up from Microsoft ...if
the problem persist contact ... I have also gotten
WUCRTUPD one too. Does anyone know what these two programs
do? Is there a quick fix?

I fixed about:blank with CWShredder and Ad-aWare 6.0

OPWARE32 caused an invalid page fault in
module HLPB.DLL at 018f:2ae66adb.

WUCRTUPD caused an invalid page fault in
module KERNEL32.DLL at 018f:bff7b9a6.

Thanks PA Bear. I have already fixed the about: blank. I
just have two programs that are having problems, OPWARE32
& WUCRTUPD. I don't know what they do? I get the box check
with the program admin if problem persist. My system seems
to be running OK.
-----Original Message-----
Check your system for "hijackware":

Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/Darnit.htm

CoolWebSearch Chronicles
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html

Run these tools in the following order with nothing else
running in
background:

1. CWShredder (fix all found)

2. Ad-Aware (fix all found)

3. Spybot (RTFM but generally fix everything in red)

Important: You *must* seek updates for Ad-Aware, Spybot,
etc., before each
and every use, even "right out of the box". But even
they can't catch
everything, 24/7. When all else fails, HijackThis
(http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/HijackThis.exe)
is the preferred
tool to use. It will help you to both identify and
remove any
hijackware/spyware. **Post your files to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30 for expert
analysis, not here.**

[Alternate download pages for many of the above tools may
be found at
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.]

Also:

1. Download and run Stinger
(http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/); then...

2. Update your virus definitions, enable Show Hidden Files

(http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...fo.nsf/docid/2
002092715262339)
and then run a full system scan in Safe Mode

(http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...fo.nsf/docid/2
001052409420406)
with nothing else running in background.

WinXP Only (WinME similar): If this scan finds anything,
create a new
Restore Point then Disk Cleanup More options Delete
all but the most
recent Restore Point.

So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
http://boards.cexx.org/viewtopic.php?t=957

--
HTH - Please Reply to This Thread

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

AumHa Forums
http://forum.aumha.org

What You Should Know About Spyware
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/twc/...y/spyware.mspx

joeyo wrote:
I think I have fixed my IE from the about:blank
problem. I
have been getting the OPWARE32 pop-up from
Microsoft ...if
the problem persist contact ... I have also gotten
WUCRTUPD one too. Does anyone know what these two
programs
do? Is there a quick fix?

I fixed about:blank with CWShredder and Ad-aWare 6.0

OPWARE32 caused an invalid page fault in
module HLPB.DLL at 018f:2ae66adb.

WUCRTUPD caused an invalid page fault in
module KERNEL32.DLL at 018f:bff7b9a6.

.

joeyo wrote in message ...
Thanks PA Bear. I have already fixed the about: blank. I
just have two programs that are having problems, OPWARE32

http://www.answersthatwork.com/Taskl...tasklist_o.htm

Opware16.exe and Opware32.exe (Caere OmniPage - ScanSoft)

These two background programs implement the OmniPage Aware feature
of OmniPage in specific versions of OmniPage
(this is called OCR Aware in other versions of OmniPage).

This feature inserts the Acquire Text option in the File menu
of Office Suites (Microsoft Office, Lotus SmartSuite, Corel WordPerfect).

By clicking on "Acquire Text" you can scan a page of text and have it OCR'ed
by OmniPage straight into your wordprocessor, spreadsheet, or presentation,
all in one operation. When it works it is a great feature and a much simpler
operation than opening OmniPage, scanning, converting, and saving into a file.

Recommendation :

Unfortunately there are many documented conflicts between these background programs
and other applications such as applications using your modem (!!), or other applications
which need to use the scanner. Our recommendation, therefore, is that, unless you do
a lot of conversion-to-text scanning (OCR) and you are not experiencing general PC
problems or problems with other programs, then you should disable this feature
and get used to manually opening OmniPage to scan text.

You can disable the feature as follows :
(1) Open OmniPage.
(2) Choose the "Tools \ Options" menu option.
(3) Choose the "OCR Aware" tab.
(4) Remove the check mark against the "Enable OCR Aware" option.

& WUCRTUPD.

http://www.answersthatwork.com/Taskl...tasklist_w.htm

WUCrtUpd.exe (Microsoft) Windows Update Critical Update Notification.

This will appear in your Task List if you did a Windows Update at some stage
and installed the "Critical Update Notification" component. In some versions
this process is scheduled to run every 5 minutes and you cannot change the
schedule (under Windows 98 you can get round it with the "sucrtupd"
technique, but not under other versions of Windows).

Recommendation :

Do not walk, run to your "Add/Remove Programs" icon in the Control Panel
and immediately de-install Microsoft Windows Critical Updates Notification.

The consequences of some Microsoft Critical Updates have been such that
the last thing you need is something to remind you, and therefore entice you
to update your Windows environment with the very latest bug fix
(which is what critical updates really are) from Microsoft.

It is not just that some of those updates have been quite simply disastrous
(remember May/June 2002 ?), it is also that too often for our liking,
the full consequences of installing some of those updates are not always
clearly spelt out by Microsoft. Yes, some of those updates are needed
from a security point of view, but in 98% of cases if you either run a good firewall
or your PC is configured securely, then you are protected anyway,
so do not fix what doesn't need fixing.

It is best that you simply do a Windows Update once every two or three months,
say, and only at times when you do not require your PC urgently
in the following 24 hours ! Finally, quite aside from the above,
WUCRTUPD is also sometimes responsible for illegal operations,
3-seconds mouse freezes, WULOADER error messages,
and Invalid Page Faults in KERNEL32.

Have we said enough ?

I don't know what they do? I get the box check
with the program admin if problem persist. My system seems
to be running OK.
-----Original Message-----
Check your system for "hijackware":

Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/Darnit.htm

CoolWebSearch Chronicles
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html

Run these tools in the following order with nothing else
running in
background:

1. CWShredder (fix all found)

2. Ad-Aware (fix all found)

3. Spybot (RTFM but generally fix everything in red)

Important: You *must* seek updates for Ad-Aware, Spybot,
etc., before each
and every use, even "right out of the box". But even
they can't catch
everything, 24/7. When all else fails, HijackThis
(http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/HijackThis.exe)
is the preferred
tool to use. It will help you to both identify and
remove any
hijackware/spyware. **Post your files to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30 for expert
analysis, not here.**

[Alternate download pages for many of the above tools may
be found at
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.]

Also:

1. Download and run Stinger
(http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/); then...

2. Update your virus definitions, enable Show Hidden Files

(http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...fo.nsf/docid/2
002092715262339)
and then run a full system scan in Safe Mode

(http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...fo.nsf/docid/2
001052409420406)
with nothing else running in background.

WinXP Only (WinME similar): If this scan finds anything,
create a new
Restore Point then Disk Cleanup More options Delete
all but the most
recent Restore Point.

So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
http://boards.cexx.org/viewtopic.php?t=957

--
HTH - Please Reply to This Thread

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

AumHa Forums
http://forum.aumha.org

What You Should Know About Spyware
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/twc/...y/spyware.mspx

joeyo wrote:
I think I have fixed my IE from the about:blank
problem. I
have been getting the OPWARE32 pop-up from
Microsoft ...if
the problem persist contact ... I have also gotten
WUCRTUPD one too. Does anyone know what these two
programs
do? Is there a quick fix?

I fixed about:blank with CWShredder and Ad-aWare 6.0

OPWARE32 caused an invalid page fault in
module HLPB.DLL at 018f:2ae66adb.

WUCRTUPD caused an invalid page fault in
module KERNEL32.DLL at 018f:bff7b9a6.

.

Post your HijackThis log to an appropriate forum. You may have fixed
"about:blank" temporarily but I think you have other hijackware interfering
with OPWARE32 and WUCRTUPD.
--
~PA Bear

joeyo wrote:
Thanks PA Bear. I have already fixed the about: blank. I
just have two programs that are having problems, OPWARE32
& WUCRTUPD. I don't know what they do? I get the box check
with the program admin if problem persist. My system seems
to be running OK.
-----Original Message-----
Check your system for "hijackware":

Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/Darnit.htm

CoolWebSearch Chronicles
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html

Run these tools in the following order with nothing else running in
background:

1. CWShredder (fix all found)

2. Ad-Aware (fix all found)

3. Spybot (RTFM but generally fix everything in red)

Important: You *must* seek updates for Ad-Aware, Spybot, etc., before
each and every use, even "right out of the box". But even they can't
catch everything, 24/7. When all else fails, HijackThis
(http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/HijackThis.exe) is the
preferred tool to use. It will help you to both identify and remove any
hijackware/spyware. **Post your files to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30 for expert analysis, not
here.**

[Alternate download pages for many of the above tools may be found at
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.]

Also:

1. Download and run Stinger
(http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/); then...

2. Update your virus definitions, enable Show Hidden Files

(http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...fo.nsf/docid/2
002092715262339)
and then run a full system scan in Safe Mode

(http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...fo.nsf/docid/2
001052409420406)
with nothing else running in background.

WinXP Only (WinME similar): If this scan finds anything, create a new
Restore Point then Disk Cleanup More options Delete all but the most
recent Restore Point.

So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
http://boards.cexx.org/viewtopic.php?t=957

--
HTH - Please Reply to This Thread

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

AumHa Forums
http://forum.aumha.org

What You Should Know About Spyware
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/twc/...y/spyware.mspx

joeyo wrote:
I think I have fixed my IE from the about:blank problem. I
have been getting the OPWARE32 pop-up from
Microsoft ...if
the problem persist contact ... I have also gotten
WUCRTUPD one too. Does anyone know what these two programs
do? Is there a quick fix?

I fixed about:blank with CWShredder and Ad-aWare 6.0

OPWARE32 caused an invalid page fault in
module HLPB.DLL at 018f:2ae66adb.

WUCRTUPD caused an invalid page fault in
module KERNEL32.DLL at 018f:bff7b9a6.

.

Thanks Hugh.

I removed the windows critical update notification. When
I went to Omni Pro I found that I did not have the Enable
OCR Aware tab checked. I checked it and rebooted to see if
that would make a difference. It did not. I still get the
OPWARE32 error at Boot up. I am not having problems with
OPWARE16 which I found running via ctl,alt,del. Any
suggestions on the OPWARE32 error message?
-----Original Message-----

joeyo wrote in
message ...
Thanks PA Bear. I have already fixed the about: blank. I
just have two programs that are having problems,
OPWARE32

http://www.answersthatwork.com/Taskl...s/tasklist_o.h
tm

Opware16.exe and Opware32.exe (Caere OmniPage - ScanSoft)

These two background programs implement the OmniPage
Aware feature
of OmniPage in specific versions of OmniPage
(this is called OCR Aware in other versions of OmniPage).

This feature inserts the Acquire Text option in the File
menu
of Office Suites (Microsoft Office, Lotus SmartSuite,
Corel WordPerfect).

By clicking on "Acquire Text" you can scan a page of text
and have it OCR'ed
by OmniPage straight into your wordprocessor,
spreadsheet, or presentation,
all in one operation. When it works it is a great feature
and a much simpler
operation than opening OmniPage, scanning, converting,
and saving into a file.

Recommendation :

Unfortunately there are many documented conflicts between
these background programs
and other applications such as applications using your
modem (!!), or other applications
which need to use the scanner. Our recommendation,
therefore, is that, unless you do
a lot of conversion-to-text scanning (OCR) and you are
not experiencing general PC
problems or problems with other programs, then you should
disable this feature
and get used to manually opening OmniPage to scan text.

You can disable the feature as follows :
(1) Open OmniPage.
(2) Choose the "Tools \ Options" menu option.
(3) Choose the "OCR Aware" tab.
(4) Remove the check mark against the "Enable OCR Aware"
option.

& WUCRTUPD.

http://www.answersthatwork.com/Taskl...s/tasklist_w.h
tm

WUCrtUpd.exe (Microsoft) Windows Update Critical Update
Notification.

This will appear in your Task List if you did a Windows
Update at some stage
and installed the "Critical Update Notification"
component. In some versions
this process is scheduled to run every 5 minutes and you
cannot change the
schedule (under Windows 98 you can get round it with
the "sucrtupd"
technique, but not under other versions of Windows).

Recommendation :

Do not walk, run to your "Add/Remove Programs" icon in
the Control Panel
and immediately de-install Microsoft Windows Critical
Updates Notification.

The consequences of some Microsoft Critical Updates have
been such that
the last thing you need is something to remind you, and
therefore entice you
to update your Windows environment with the very latest
bug fix
(which is what critical updates really are) from
Microsoft.

It is not just that some of those updates have been quite
simply disastrous
(remember May/June 2002 ?), it is also that too often for
our liking,
the full consequences of installing some of those updates
are not always
clearly spelt out by Microsoft. Yes, some of those
updates are needed
from a security point of view, but in 98% of cases if you
either run a good firewall
or your PC is configured securely, then you are protected
anyway,
so do not fix what doesn't need fixing.

It is best that you simply do a Windows Update once every
two or three months,
say, and only at times when you do not require your PC
urgently
in the following 24 hours ! Finally, quite aside from the
above,
WUCRTUPD is also sometimes responsible for illegal
operations,
3-seconds mouse freezes, WULOADER error messages,
and Invalid Page Faults in KERNEL32.

Have we said enough ?

I don't know what they do? I get the box check
with the program admin if problem persist. My system
seems
to be running OK.
-----Original Message-----
Check your system for "hijackware":

Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/Darnit.htm

CoolWebSearch Chronicles
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html

Run these tools in the following order with nothing
else
running in
background:

1. CWShredder (fix all found)

2. Ad-Aware (fix all found)

3. Spybot (RTFM but generally fix everything in red)

Important: You *must* seek updates for Ad-Aware,
Spybot,
etc., before each
and every use, even "right out of the box". But even
they can't catch
everything, 24/7. When all else fails, HijackThis

(http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/HijackThis.exe)
is the preferred
tool to use. It will help you to both identify and
remove any
hijackware/spyware. **Post your files to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30 for expert
analysis, not here.**

[Alternate download pages for many of the above tools
may
be found at
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.]

Also:

1. Download and run Stinger
(http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/); then...

2. Update your virus definitions, enable Show Hidden
Files


(http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...fo.nsf/docid/2
002092715262339)
and then run a full system scan in Safe Mode


(http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...fo.nsf/docid/2
001052409420406)
with nothing else running in background.

WinXP Only (WinME similar): If this scan finds
anything,
create a new
Restore Point then Disk Cleanup More options Delete
all but the most
recent Restore Point.

So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
http://boards.cexx.org/viewtopic.php?t=957

--
HTH - Please Reply to This Thread

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

AumHa Forums
http://forum.aumha.org

What You Should Know About Spyware

http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/twc/...y/spyware.mspx

joeyo wrote:
I think I have fixed my IE from the about:blank
problem. I
have been getting the OPWARE32 pop-up from
Microsoft ...if
the problem persist contact ... I have also gotten
WUCRTUPD one too. Does anyone know what these two
programs
do? Is there a quick fix?

I fixed about:blank with CWShredder and Ad-aWare 6.0

OPWARE32 caused an invalid page fault in
module HLPB.DLL at 018f:2ae66adb.

WUCRTUPD caused an invalid page fault in
module KERNEL32.DLL at 018f:bff7b9a6.

.



.

joeyo wrote in message ...
Thanks Hugh.

I removed the windows critical update notification. When
I went to Omni Pro I found that I did not have the Enable
OCR Aware tab checked. I checked it and rebooted to see if
that would make a difference. It did not. I still get the
OPWARE32 error at Boot up. I am not having problems with
OPWARE16 which I found running via ctl,alt,del. Any
suggestions on the OPWARE32 error message?

You didn't state that you disabled it again. Did you?
You probably did, but if not, try that.

Otherwise, run MSCONFIG and disable it in STARTUP if you can.
If that works, you can either leave it that way, or edit the Registry
to delete the OPWARE32 trigger from the Run key, although I
am curious. You said
"I have been getting the OPWARE32 pop-up from Microsoft"

What exactly is happening, and when, and how often?

-----Original Message-----

joeyo wrote in
message ...
Thanks PA Bear. I have already fixed the about: blank. I
just have two programs that are having problems,
OPWARE32

http://www.answersthatwork.com/Taskl...s/tasklist_o.h
tm

Opware16.exe and Opware32.exe (Caere OmniPage - ScanSoft)

These two background programs implement the OmniPage
Aware feature
of OmniPage in specific versions of OmniPage
(this is called OCR Aware in other versions of OmniPage).

This feature inserts the Acquire Text option in the File
menu
of Office Suites (Microsoft Office, Lotus SmartSuite,
Corel WordPerfect).

By clicking on "Acquire Text" you can scan a page of text
and have it OCR'ed
by OmniPage straight into your wordprocessor,
spreadsheet, or presentation,
all in one operation. When it works it is a great feature
and a much simpler
operation than opening OmniPage, scanning, converting,
and saving into a file.

Recommendation :

Unfortunately there are many documented conflicts between
these background programs
and other applications such as applications using your
modem (!!), or other applications
which need to use the scanner. Our recommendation,
therefore, is that, unless you do
a lot of conversion-to-text scanning (OCR) and you are
not experiencing general PC
problems or problems with other programs, then you should
disable this feature
and get used to manually opening OmniPage to scan text.

You can disable the feature as follows :
(1) Open OmniPage.
(2) Choose the "Tools \ Options" menu option.
(3) Choose the "OCR Aware" tab.
(4) Remove the check mark against the "Enable OCR Aware"
option.

& WUCRTUPD.

http://www.answersthatwork.com/Taskl...s/tasklist_w.h
tm

WUCrtUpd.exe (Microsoft) Windows Update Critical Update
Notification.

This will appear in your Task List if you did a Windows
Update at some stage
and installed the "Critical Update Notification"
component. In some versions
this process is scheduled to run every 5 minutes and you
cannot change the
schedule (under Windows 98 you can get round it with
the "sucrtupd"
technique, but not under other versions of Windows).

Recommendation :

Do not walk, run to your "Add/Remove Programs" icon in
the Control Panel
and immediately de-install Microsoft Windows Critical
Updates Notification.

The consequences of some Microsoft Critical Updates have
been such that
the last thing you need is something to remind you, and
therefore entice you
to update your Windows environment with the very latest
bug fix
(which is what critical updates really are) from
Microsoft.

It is not just that some of those updates have been quite
simply disastrous
(remember May/June 2002 ?), it is also that too often for
our liking,
the full consequences of installing some of those updates
are not always
clearly spelt out by Microsoft. Yes, some of those
updates are needed
from a security point of view, but in 98% of cases if you
either run a good firewall
or your PC is configured securely, then you are protected
anyway,
so do not fix what doesn't need fixing.

It is best that you simply do a Windows Update once every
two or three months,
say, and only at times when you do not require your PC
urgently
in the following 24 hours ! Finally, quite aside from the
above,
WUCRTUPD is also sometimes responsible for illegal
operations,
3-seconds mouse freezes, WULOADER error messages,
and Invalid Page Faults in KERNEL32.

Have we said enough ?

I don't know what they do? I get the box check
with the program admin if problem persist. My system
seems
to be running OK.
-----Original Message-----
Check your system for "hijackware":

Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/Darnit.htm

CoolWebSearch Chronicles
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html

Run these tools in the following order with nothing
else
running in
background:

1. CWShredder (fix all found)

2. Ad-Aware (fix all found)

3. Spybot (RTFM but generally fix everything in red)

Important: You *must* seek updates for Ad-Aware,
Spybot,
etc., before each
and every use, even "right out of the box". But even
they can't catch
everything, 24/7. When all else fails, HijackThis

(http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/HijackThis.exe)
is the preferred
tool to use. It will help you to both identify and
remove any
hijackware/spyware. **Post your files to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30 for expert
analysis, not here.**

[Alternate download pages for many of the above tools
may
be found at
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.]

Also:

1. Download and run Stinger
(http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/); then...

2. Update your virus definitions, enable Show Hidden
Files


(http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...fo.nsf/docid/2
002092715262339)
and then run a full system scan in Safe Mode


(http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...fo.nsf/docid/2
001052409420406)
with nothing else running in background.

WinXP Only (WinME similar): If this scan finds
anything,
create a new
Restore Point then Disk Cleanup More options Delete
all but the most
recent Restore Point.

So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
http://boards.cexx.org/viewtopic.php?t=957

--
HTH - Please Reply to This Thread

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

AumHa Forums
http://forum.aumha.org

What You Should Know About Spyware

http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/twc/...y/spyware.mspx

joeyo wrote:
I think I have fixed my IE from the about:blank
problem. I
have been getting the OPWARE32 pop-up from
Microsoft ...if
the problem persist contact ... I have also gotten
WUCRTUPD one too. Does anyone know what these two
programs
do? Is there a quick fix?

I fixed about:blank with CWShredder and Ad-aWare 6.0

OPWARE32 caused an invalid page fault in
module HLPB.DLL at 018f:2ae66adb.

WUCRTUPD caused an invalid page fault in
module KERNEL32.DLL at 018f:bff7b9a6.

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